Semuliki National Park (7049)
Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Amphibia	Xenopus ruwenzoriensis		DD	2024	B1

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List Category	Year
Aves	Peliperdix lathami	Forest Francolin	LC	2001

Aves	Columba albinucha	White-naped Pigeon	LC	2001

Aves	Laniarius mufumbiri	Papyrus Gonolek	NT	2001

Aves	Malaconotus cruentus	Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike	LC	2001

Aves	Batis ituriensis	Ituri Batis	LC	2001

Aves	Bradornis comitatus	Dusky-blue Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas gracilis	Grey Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus xavieri	Xavier's Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Anthreptes seimundi	Little Green Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus albinucha	Maxwell's Black Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita bicolor	Chestnut-breasted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Stiphrornis erythrothorax_old2	Forest Robin		2001

Aves	Pogoniulus atroflavus	Red-rumped Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Buccanodon duchaillui	Yellow-spotted Barbet		2001

Aves	Tricholaema hirsuta	Hairy-breasted Barbet	LC	2001

Aves	Trachyphonus purpuratus_old	Yellow-billed Barbet		2001

Aves	Tropicranus albocristatus_old	White-crested Hornbill		2001

Aves	Tockus hartlaubi_old	Black Dwarf Hornbill		2001

Aves	Lophoceros camurus	Dwarf Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Tockus fasciatus_old	African Pied Hornbill		2001

Aves	Bycanistes fistulator_old	Piping Hornbill		2001

Aves	Bycanistes subcylindricus	Grey-cheeked Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Bycanistes cylindricus	Brown-cheeked Hornbill	VU	2001

Aves	Ceratogymna atrata	Black-casqued Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	Forest Scimitarbill	LC	2001

Aves	Eurystomus gularis	Blue-throated Roller	LC	2001

Aves	Corythornis leucogaster	White-bellied Kingfisher	LC	2001

Aves	Ispidina lecontei	African Dwarf-kingfisher	LC	2001

Aves	Halcyon badia	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	LC	2001

Aves	Merops gularis	Black Bee-eater	LC	2001

Aves	Cercococcyx mechowi	Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo		2001

Aves	Cercococcyx olivinus	Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	LC	2001

Aves	Chrysococcyx flavigularis	Yellow-throated Cuckoo	LC	2001

Aves	Psittacus erithacus_old			2001

Aves	Glaucidium tephronotum	Red-chested Owlet	LC	2001

Aves	Glaucidium castaneum	Chestnut Owlet	LC	2001

Aves	Caprimulgus nigriscapularis	Black-shouldered Nightjar		2001

Aves	Bleda syndactylus	Red-tailed Bristlebill	LC	2001

Aves	Nicator chloris	Western Nicator	LC	2001

Aves	Nicator vireo	Yellow-throated Nicator	LC	2001

Aves	Criniger chloronotus	Eastern Bearded Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Criniger calurus	Red-tailed Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Cisticola carruthersi	Carruthers's Cisticola	LC	2001

Aves	Apalis rufogularis	Buff-throated Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Camaroptera superciliaris	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	LC	2001

Aves	Camaroptera chloronota_old	Olive-green Camaroptera		2001

Aves	Eremomela badiceps	Rufous-crowned Eremomela	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvietta virens	Green Crombec	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvietta denti	Lemon-bellied Crombec	LC	2001

Aves	Macrosphenus flavicans	Yellow Longbill	LC	2001

Aves	Macrosphenus concolor	Grey Longbill	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus aurantius	Orange Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus nigerrimus_old	Vieillot's Black Weaver		2001

Aves	Ploceus tricolor	Yellow-mantled Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus erythrogaster	Red-bellied Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus nitens	Blue-billed Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus malimbicus	Crested Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Parmoptila woodhousei	Woodhouse's Antpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita fusconotus	White-breasted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita luteifrons	Pale-fronted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Nesocharis ansorgei	White-collared Oliveback	LC	2001

Aves	Spermophaga poliogenys	Grant's Bluebill	LC	2001

Aves	Bleda notatus_old	Lesser Bristlebill		2001

Aves	Terpsiphone rufiventer_old			2001

Mammalia	Loxodonta africana	African Elephant		2011

Mammalia	Pan troglodytes	Chimpanzee	EN	2011

Mammalia	Crocidura tarella	Ugandan Shrew	EN	2011

Reptilia	Osteolaemus tetraspis	African Dwarf Crocodile	VU	2011

Aves	Agapornis swindernianus	Black-collared Lovebird	LC	2001

Aves	Rhaphidura sabini	Sabine's Spinetail	LC	2001

Aves	Ptilopachus nahani	Nahan's Partridge	VU	2001

Aves	Indicator maculatus	Spotted Honeyguide	LC	2001

Aves	Indicator willcocksi	Willcocks's Honeyguide	LC	2001

Aves	Melichneutes robustus	Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	LC	2001

Aves	Prodotiscus insignis	Cassin's Honeybird	LC	2001

Aves	Verreauxia africana	African Piculet	LC	2001

Aves	Pardipicus nivosus	Buff-spotted Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Pardipicus caroli	Brown-eared Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Dendropicos xantholophus	Yellow-crested Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Speckled Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Caprimulgus batesi	Bates's Nightjar	LC	2001

Aves	Columba unicincta	Afep Pigeon	LC	2001

Aves	Sarothrura pulchra	White-spotted Flufftail	LC	2001

Aves	Himantornis haematopus	Nkulengu Rail	LC	2001

Aves	Gallinago media	Great Snipe	NT	2001

Aves	Accipiter castanilius	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	LC	2001

Aves	Accipiter erythropus	Red-legged Sparrowhawk	LC	2001

Aves	Urotriorchis macrourus	Long-tailed Hawk	LC	2001

Aves	Bostrychia rara	Spot-breasted Ibis	LC	2001

Aves	Pitta reichenowi	Green-breasted Pitta	LC	2001

Aves	Smithornis rufolateralis	Rufous-sided Broadbill	LC	2001

Aves	Oriolus brachyrynchus	Western Black-headed Oriole	LC	2001

Aves	Oriolus nigripennis	Black-winged Oriole	LC	2001

Aves	Erythrocercus mccallii	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Elminia nigromitrata	Dusky Crested-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Trochocercus nitens	Western Crested-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Dryoscopus senegalensis	Red-eyed Puffback	LC	2001

Aves	Laniarius leucorhynchus	Lowland Sooty Boubou	LC	2001

Aves	Prionops caniceps_old	Red-billed Helmet-shrike		2001

Aves	Megabyas flammulatus	African Shrike-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia castanea_old	Chestnut Wattle-eye		2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	Jameson's Wattle-eye	LC	2001

Aves	Stizorhina fraseri_old	Rufous Flycatcher-thrush		2001

Aves	Neocossyphus poensis	White-tailed Ant-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Geokichla oberlaenderi	Oberländer's Ground-thrush	NT	2011

Aves	Geokichla princei	Grey Ground-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Alethe diademata_old			2001

Aves	Artomyias fuliginosa	Sooty Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Muscicapa cassini	Cassin's Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Fraseria griseigularis	Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Sheppardia cyornithopsis	Lowland Akalat	LC	2001

Aves	Cossypha cyanocampter	Blue-shouldered Robin-chat	LC	2001

Aves	Tychaedon leucosticta	Forest Scrub-robin	LC	2001

Aves	Poeoptera lugubris	Narrow-tailed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Onychognathus fulgidus	Chestnut-winged Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Hylopsar purpureiceps	Purple-headed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Hirundo nigrita	White-bibbed Swallow	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas curvirostris	Plain Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Baeopogon indicator	Honeyguide Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Chlorocichla simplex	Simple Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Thescelocichla leucopleura	Swamp Palm Bulbul	LC	2001

Aves	Pyrrhurus scandens	Leaf-love	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	Toro Olive Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus lorenzi	Sassi's Olive Greenbul	LC	2011

Aves	Phyllastrephus albigularis_old	White-throated Greenbul		2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus icterinus_old	Icterine Greenbul		2001

Aves	Hylia prasina	Green Hylia	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis albipectus	Scaly-breasted Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis fulvescens	Brown Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllanthus atripennis_old	Capuchin Babbler		2001

Aves	Deleornis fraseri_old	Scarlet-tufted Sunbird		2001

Aves	Anthreptes rectirostris_old	Green Sunbird		2001

Aves	Cyanomitra cyanolaema	Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Chalcomitra rubescens	Green-throated Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cinnyris minullus	Tiny Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cinnyris erythrocercus	Red-chested Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cinnyris superbus	Superb Sunbird	LC	2001

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Semuliki National Park. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 12, 2025.

Semuliki National Park (7049)Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

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Semuliki National Park (7049)
Uganda, Africa